Making Ancient Cities

Herausgeber: Creekmore III, Andrew T.; Fisher, Kevin D.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism. Culturally and chronologically diverse case studies provide a basis to examine recent theoretical and methodological shifts in the archaeology of ancient cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9781107660700
• ISBN-10: 110766070X
• Artikelnr.: 45155559

Inhaltsangabe

1. Making ancient cities: new perspectives on the production of urban
places Kevin D. Fisher and Andrew T. Creekmore, III; 2. The social
production of space in third millennium cities of Upper Mesopotamia Andrew
T. Creekmore, III; 3. North Mesopotamian urban neighborhoods at Titri¿
Höyük in the third millennium BC Yoko Nishimura; 4. Swahili urban spaces of
the East African coast Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher; 5. The
production of space and identity at classic period Chunchucmil, Yucatán,
Mexico Aline Magnoni, Traci Ardren, Scott Hutson and Bruce Dahlin; 6.
Making the first cities on Cyprus: urbanism and social change in the Late
Bronze Age Kevin D. Fisher; 7. Urbanization and the emergence of the Greek
polis: the case of Azoria, Crete Rodney D. Fitzsimons; 8. The rise of a
Minoan city and the (re)structuring of its hinterlands: a view from Galatas
D. Matthew Buell; 9. Cahokia: the processes and principles of the creation
of an early Mississippian city John E. Kelly and James A. Brown; 10.
Comparing east and west: aspects of urban manufacture and retail in the
capitals of the Roman and Han empires Anna Razeto; 11. Ancient open space,
gardens, and parks: a comparative discussion of Mesoamerican urbanism
Barbara L. Stark; 12. Different cities Norman Yoffee.